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Old 07-21-2009, 02:33 AM
 
Location: Sin City
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I was listening to "I Don't Like Mondays" from the Boomtown Rats, and it got me thinking about songs that were written about real life events, That song was written about the first school mass shooting in America as a 16 year old girl fired sniper shots at an elementary school across the street from her bedroom window. When they asked her why she did it, she replied, "I Don't Like Mondays."

I can think of a few more songs, but I'll wait and see if someone else names them off.
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Old 07-21-2009, 02:36 AM
 
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Jeremy ~ Pearl Jam
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Old 07-21-2009, 02:50 AM
 
Location: Sin City
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Jeremy ~ Pearl Jam
Is that song written after an event or a person?

Nevermind. You google, you shall find.

"Jeremy" was inspired by a newspaper article Vedder read about a high school student who killed himself in front of his classmates."
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Old 07-21-2009, 02:53 AM
 
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Is that song written after an event or a person?
Yep.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_(song)
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Old 07-21-2009, 03:15 AM
 
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A Day in the Life ~ The Beatles
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Old 07-21-2009, 03:23 AM
 
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The Nobodies ~ Marilyn Manson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nobodies_(song)

ProgShred are you just looking for songs about school shootings or other events also?

Hurricane ~ Bob Dylan would seem to fit the bill also if that is the case?
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Old 07-21-2009, 03:26 AM
 
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ~ Gordon Lightfoot
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Old 07-21-2009, 04:41 AM
 
Location: Asheville
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YouTube - Harry Chapin sings 1981 BANANAS Live

based on this:

30,000 Pounds of Bananas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 07-21-2009, 05:01 AM
 
Location: Bradenton, Florida
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"Four dead in Ohio"
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Old 07-21-2009, 06:44 AM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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YouTube - Don McLean- American Pie (with Lyrics)
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